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Synopsis
Winner of the 1998 Lavinia Dock Award from the American Association for the History of Nursing
Details the development of critical care nursing from battlefields and hospital recovery rooms to the modern units of today and discusses the social, political, and economic factors that have fed its growth. Archival sources are combined with personal interviews to reveal the place critical care occupies in America's complex health care delivery system and the role specialized nursing plays in shaping and delivering that care. Includes b&w photos. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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About the Author
Julie Fairman is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Joan E. Lynaugh is Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.
Review
"A valuable text that recognizes the importance of nursing as a major element in the evolution of intensive care."—Critical Care Nurse
"Recommended reading for those in health care and policy-making."—Philadelphia Inquirer
"This social history of American critical care nursing will be of interest to anyone desiring increased understanding of how hospital nursing developed during the 20th century."—Western Journal of Nursing Research
"A comprehensive, multifaceted book of astounding scope."—Bulletin of the History of Medicine
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- PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0812232585
- ISBN 13 9780812232585
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages192
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